The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-28
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Editor Register:
Last week 1t was given ont that Rev
Irwin, Of Geneva. would lecture on
temperanceat the Carlyle school house.
and having been working for temper
anCe and prohibition for moro than q
third Of . century, I thought 1t just the
place for me to attend; but I had not
listened to Mr.. Irwin three minutes,
till I saw that It was to be no tenn.
perance lecture, but simply q political
speech to advance the third parity
move and to down the republican par
IT,.
Mr.. Irwin started out by trying
to show q similarity between the
republican party in its earlier days and
the present third party, but he failed
to make the similarity appear. The
first race the republican party made
we came very near electing Fremont,
and at the Same time the old whig
party died, the next race we elected
Lincoln; the third party fellows have
made race or two and have never
carried 20 much ~ one State yet, and
the republican party is still alive,
and very much alive and don't you
forget 1t; not much similarity Mr..
Irwin. The speaker had not advanced
very far before he became very sweet
on the democrat party and correspond
ingly bitter on the republican party,
he came over the usual democrat slang
about the bloody shirt. Just here the
speaker warmed up and his face
became suggestive Of something. I
was aware that If you want to throw
the average democrat into boot snake
fits just mention the infamous record
Of his party twenty-five years ago;
forthwith he can see bloody shirts and
such other things a. guilty consciences
only can see. but I did not suppose Mr..
Irwin had got that far along yet. The
speaker seemed very anxious to make
himself solid with his democrat breth-
rem, he taflied the democra tic county
oficers-particularly was he sweet on
Mr.. Hayward and one of his clerks.
Mr.. Irwin tried to show thai repub-
licans drank more whiskey than the
democrats, and his argument was that
there were more red noses over his way
among republicans than among
democrats. just here the speaker
seemed as though he expected his
democrat friends to cheer . little, but
they seemed envious of the republicans
and would cheer marry bit. Now you
republicans over and about Geneva,
why don't you poultice your noses and
bring them down to the regulation col.
or so Mr.. Irwin cannot give you away.
Mr.. Irwin said that at the late cleo
lions IN Texas and Tennessee the
strong democratic counties gave large
prohibition majOrities and that the
strong repu blican counties gave large
msjorities against prohibition. Now for
the facts as published in newspapers Of
different parties. Texas is q strong
democrat State and of course a large
portion Of its counties are democratic
Now If those democratic counties gave
large majorities for prohibition, how
does it come that there is q majority
of nearly one hundred thousand
against prohibition? The same in
I ennessee. East Tennessee Is republi.
can and 1t gave q majority for prohibi
ton, Middle Tennessee is democratic by
q small majority and there is q small
majority against prohibition, West
Tennessee is largely democratic and
there is large majority against prohi.
bitiOn. Mr.. TWINS statement about
these two States is not true and he
ought to known better than to have
made 1t. he is rapidly assuming demo.
cratic ways. In his speech he repeat
edly said the devil IL not dead yet and
declare I began to believe it when he
made the above statement about those
two States. He also said the devil still
had men willing to work for him yet.
Yes. I am forced to believe that also
from the way few men are working
to organize q third party and thereby
divide the prohibition forces which
would break prohibition down; YET
Mr.. Irwin the devil seems to have hi
workers yet, they come to rs in sheep'l
clothing third party MEANWHILE really
they are ravenous wolves democrats.